CES Energy Solutions Corp.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2022, 2023)
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
Governance Achievements
- Reinstatement of quarterly dividend on August 12, 2021
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Global supply chain constraints
- Labor shortages
- COVID-19 pandemic impacts
- Fluctuations in oil and gas prices
- Uncertainty in government policies and regulations
- Potential changes to US domestic and foreign policy
- Credit and equity financing availability
- Risks associated with US expansion
- Raw material availability and pricing
- Disruptions to transportation networks
Mitigation Strategies
- Strategic investments in inventory
- Targeted pricing increases
- Working capital focus
- Attracting and retaining qualified personnel
- Competitive compensation
- Remote work tools and technologies
- Safe working environment
- Internal and external training programs
- Insurance policies
- Credit checks on customers
- Managing exposure to individual customers
- Reviewing credit procedures
- Insuring trade credit risks
- Proactive inventory procurement practices
- Maintaining prudent cost structure
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Floods, tornadoes, hurricanes
Transition Risks
- Regulatory changes, market shifts
- Changes to US trade and climate policies
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Labor and supply chain constraints
- Recession risk, rising interest rates and geopolitical instability
- Cost inflation in certain facets of the value chain
- Supply chain disruptions due to global pandemic and geopolitical events
Mitigation Strategies
- Prudent G&A levels and targeted pricing increases
- Strategic procurement process and pricing increases
- Proactive management of debt duration and flexibility
- Attracting well trained and experienced professionals; offering competitive compensation; providing tools and technologies to enable employees to work remotely; ensuring a safe working environment; offering internal and external training programs; maintaining insurance policies
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Floods, tornadoes, hurricanes
Transition Risks
- Regulatory changes, market shifts
- Government policies including environmental regulations
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: IFRS
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Fluctuations in the level and complexity of oil and gas exploration and development activity carried on by its clients.
- Seasonal drilling activity in Canada.
- Fluctuations in oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids commodity prices.
- Pipeline takeaway capacity.
- Access to capital markets.
- Government policies (royalty, environmental, and industry regulations).
- Oil and natural gas demand fluctuations (impacted by global political, military, economic, and social factors).
- Labor and supply chain constraints.
- Crude oil pricing differentials versus world benchmarks.
- Uncertainty around the ability for WCSB producers to reach markets.
- Volatility in financial markets impacting credit and equity financing.
- Worldwide political and economic risks (conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, tensions between China and the United States).
- Retreat in energy capital markets due to fluctuating commodity prices and ESG concerns.
- Reliance on Senior Facility to fund working capital and growth initiatives.
- Demand for skilled employees and limited supply of top quality, experienced talent.
- Potential disruptions to employees' ability to perform their duties due to unforeseen events.
- Inadequate insurance coverage or inability to maintain adequate insurance in the future.
- Concentration of credit risk in trade accounts receivable.
- Significant US presence exposing the Company to currency risk, regulatory risks, and increased regulatory requirements.
- Availability and supply of raw materials, supply chain issues and disruptions.
- Potential disruptions to transportation networks, impacts from pandemics, and shortages of transportation infrastructure.
Mitigation Strategies
- Volatility in activity at the drill-bit, fracturing and completion stages is somewhat muted by the long-term and less variable revenue generated at the pump-jack and wellhead during the production stage and in the mid-stream, pipeline and transportation phases.
- Growing facets of its business to increase the predictability of earnings.
- Attracting well-trained and experienced professionals, offering competitive compensation, providing tools and technologies for remote work, ensuring a safe working environment, and offering internal and external training programs.
- Maintaining insurance policies with respect to its operations.
- Performing credit checks, managing exposure to individual customers, reviewing credit procedures, reviewing and actively following up on older accounts, and insuring trade credit risks.
- Significant US presence providing upside potential and reducing certain risks through diversification of operations.
- Evaluating potential changes to customer activity levels and the potential impacts to our business.
- Monitoring interest rate trends and forecasted economic conditions.
- Monitoring exchange rate trends and forecasted economic conditions and using financial derivatives.
- Managing equity price risk through financial derivatives.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes
Transition Risks
- Changes in government regulations restricting the use of hydraulic fracturing
- Impact of climate change policies
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: IFRS